Matthew DeCarlo; Rajiv S. Jhangiani; I-Chant A. Chiang; Carrie Cuttler; and Dana C. Leighton
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the components of a literature review
- Recognize commons errors in literature reviews
- Define APA style and list several of its most important characteristics.
- Identify three levels of APA style and give examples of each.
- Identify multiple sources of information about APA style.
- Identify the major sections of an APA-style literature review paper and the basic contents of each section.
- Plan and write an effective APA-style literature review
This section contains material from 4.1 What is a literature review? by Matthew DeCarlo and Research Methods in Psychology by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, & Dana C. Leighton, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.